John Le Mesurier
Acting

John Le Mesurier

Born 5 April 1912 · Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Died 15 November 1983

John Le Mesurier (born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley) was a BAFTA Award-winning English actor. He is most famous for his role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the popular 1970s BBC comedy Dad's Army.

Known for

The Pink Panther
The Italian Job
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Jabberwocky
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
The Avengers
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Dad's Army
War-Gods of the Deep
I'm All Right Jack
Dad's Army
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
The Passionate Pilgrim
Facelift
Late Flowering Love
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
The Shillingbury Blowers
Unidentified Flying Oddball
Roger of the Raj
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Jabberwocky
A Christmas Carol
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
What's Up Nurse
Brief Encounter
The Flight Fund
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Three for All
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
The Alf Garnett Saga
Au Pair Girls
Dad's Army
Doctor in Trouble
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Italian Job
The Magic Christian
Midas Run
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
Salt & Pepper
Mister Ten Per Cent
The Cuckoo Patrol
The Inn Way Out
The 25th Hour
Eye of the Devil
Where the Spies Are
Macready's Gala
Our Man in Marrakesh
Finders Keepers
The Wrong Box
The Sandwich Man
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Masquerade
The Liquidator
Tea Party
The Early Bird
War-Gods of the Deep
The Bone Yard
Never Put It in Writing
The Moon-Spinners
Hot Enough for June
The Pink Panther
The Wrong Arm of the Law
We Joined the Navy
The Punch and Judy Man
Long Past Glory
In the Cool of the Day
The Mouse on the Moon
Only Two Can Play
The Main Attraction
Village of Daughters
Flat Two
Jigsaw
Go to Blazes
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
Waltz of the Toreadors
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
The Rebel
Very Important Person
On the Fiddle
Invasion Quartet
Don't Bother to Knock
Mr. Topaze
Five Golden Hours
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Never Let Go
School for Scoundrels
Doctor in Love
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
The Night We Got the Bird
The Bulldog Breed
Dead Lucky
The Hound of the Baskervilles
I'm All Right Jack
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Too Many Crooks
Jack the Ripper
The Captain's Table
Operation Amsterdam
The Lady is a Square
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Follow a Star
Shake Hands with the Devil
Desert Mice
Another Time, Another Place
Blind Spot
The Moonraker
Happy Is the Bride
Law and Disorder
Man with a Gun
Blood of the Vampire
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
I Was Monty's Double
These Dangerous Years
The Admirable Crichton
High Flight
The Good Companions
Brothers in Law
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
Private's Progress
The Battle of the River Plate
The Baby and the Battleship
Police Dog
A Time to Kill
Josephine and Men
Dangerous Cargo
Make Me an Offer!
Beautiful Stranger
The Drayton Case
The Blue Parrot
Black 13
The Pleasure Garden
Blind Man's Bluff
A Matter of Murder
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
Death in the Hand
Escape from Broadmoor
The Hangman Waits
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